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Author: Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne

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20th Amendment, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Long Reads, Politics and Governance

20th Amendment, Sovereignty of The People and The Need for Approval at A Referendum

Photo courtesy New Indian Express The 20th Amendment to the Constitution Bill (20A) has been published. If I were to describe it in one sentence the 20th Amendment seeks to take the…

Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne on 09/20/202009/20/2020
Constitutional Reform, Issues, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, The Constitutional Coup

On Dissolution of Parliament

Featured image by Raisa Wickrematunge There is speculation that Parliament will be dissolved. Arguments have been made for and against the right of the President to dissolve Parliament at will, at any…

Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne on 11/09/201811/10/2018
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Identity, Jaffna, Long Reads, Politics and Governance

The National Question: All about State Power

Photograph courtesy PACT S.J.V. Chelvanayakam Memorial Oration, 26 April 2014 I am thankful to the S.J.V. Chelvanayakam Commemoration Committee for inviting me to deliver this memorial oration on the occasion of the…

Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne on 04/26/201404/26/2014

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